Room 101 San Andres Pre-Release

I had the opportunity to try out the Room 101 San Andres back in March with every intention of blogging about it.  I gave it a thumbs up on my Facebook and Twitter profiles, but never actually wrote out a proper review. I became rather busy in the the Spring and early Summer and overlooked this cigar.  I've enjoyed hearing feedback from people thanking me for my different tasting notes, so I thought it wise to dig up my photos and notes and write one now that I've had more free time to do so.

The San Andres had a nice milk chocolate Mexican wrapper with a bit of an oily sheen.  The construction seemed to be solid but it did have a slightly larger vein then I would have liked to had.  The binder was a Honduran Corojo with Honduran and Dominican, Corojo and Criollo fillers.  Prior to lighting, I noticed the foot had a sweet smell of tobacco and hay.

The stick lit easily and smoke was prevalent upon my first few draws.  I noticed some cedar and spice with pepper being the predominant  flavor.  The spice and pepper tapered as I progressed into the next third.  In the 2nd third, the cigar became a little creamy with a surprising leathery note that hit right in the middle of the stick.  By the time I got to the end of the middle third, the leather presence had left with the cream and spiciness remaining.

Into the final stretch, the spice and pepper was joined by a bit of earthiness and hints of cocoa and coffee.  The burn was a bit of an issue and required touching up due to a poor burn.  But all-in-all, this medium bodied cigar had a really nice flavor profile and I would recommend it to someone else looking for something new to try. After all, "It's Boofy Baby".  I give this cigar an 89.